Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Oral levothyroxine (L-T4) is the standard treatment for hypothyroidism and serum TSH represents the best marker for assessing the proper L-T4 dose. The absorption and bioequivalence of different commercial L-T4 preparations might be variable. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of L-T4 using alternating doses vs fixed ones.Me...

Introduction: Oral levothyroxine (LT4) is the standard treatment for hypothyroidism and serum TSH represents the best marker for assessing the proper LT4 dose. The absorption and bioequivalence of different commercial LT4 preparations might be variable. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of levothyroxine oral solution vs tablets.Methods: Fifty-eight patients (six males, 52 females; average age, 46.9±12....